Director, Enterprise Architecture

University of Maryland Global Campus • Adelphi, MD

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, Enterprise Architecture develops, maintains, and governs the university’s enterprise architecture framework to ensure technology investments align with institutional strategy, business objectives, and operational priorities. The role provides architectural leadership across business, application, data, technology, cybersecurity, and integration domains, and establishes architecture standards while working across teams to develop technology roadmaps and target-state architectures that support innovation, scalability, security, and operational excellence. The Director advises executive leadership and technology teams on digital transformation while reducing complexity, technical debt, and organizational risk.

The Director oversees enterprise architecture strategy, governance, standards, technology investment advice, technology evaluation, solution reviews, optimization, and risk management. The role also provides team leadership for major incident response and escalation management, oversees on-call readiness and critical off-hours support coverage, and partners on post-incident reviews, root cause analysis, and problem management. The Director collaborates across business and technology teams and assists the Information Technology Policy Administrator with UMGC technology policy development and refinement.

The position is based in Adelphi, Maryland, with a hybrid work arrangement and required on-site presence. Applicants must submit a cover letter and resume.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Business Information Systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 7 years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, infrastructure architecture, application architecture, or related technology leadership roles.
• At least 5 years of management experience leading architects in developing enterprise-wide technology strategies, standards, governance practices, and roadmaps.
• Experience leading architecture reviews and providing guidance for complex enterprise technology initiatives.
• Experience collaborating with executive leaders and cross-functional technology teams to support strategic technology decisions.
• Skills in enterprise architecture strategy development and roadmap planning.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, FEAF, Gartner, or similar.
• Skills in business capability modeling and value stream analysis; application, data, technology, and security architecture; cloud architecture and hybrid infrastructure strategy; and enterprise integration, APIs, middleware, and service-oriented architecture.
• Skills in architecture governance and review board facilitation, technology portfolio rationalization, technical debt management, architecture modeling, documentation and repository management, and risk assessment and mitigation planning.
• Executive communication and presentation skills, digital transformation and modernization planning, vendor evaluation and technology assessment, and strategic planning and technology investment analysis.
• Competencies include strategic leadership and enterprise thinking; business and technology alignment; systems thinking and architectural design; analytical and critical thinking; governance and decision-making; communication and executive presence; collaboration and stakeholder management; risk management and compliance awareness; influencing without direct authority; innovation and continuous improvement; change leadership and organizational alignment; and results orientation and accountability.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Business Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Progressive experience in enterprise architecture or senior architecture leadership roles.
• Prior experience as an Enterprise Architect, Lead Enterprise Architect, Principal Architect, Chief Architect, Director of Enterprise Architecture, or Senior Solution Architect.
• Experience leading enterprise modernization, cloud transformation, application rationalization, and technology portfolio optimization initiatives.
• Experience in higher education or similarly complex enterprise environments.
• Enterprise architecture certification such as TOGAF, Zachman, or a comparable certification.
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect, or equivalent cloud architecture certification.
• CISSP or related cybersecurity certification.
• ITIL Managing Professional or higher certification.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise architecture strategies, current-state and future-state architectures, technology roadmaps, and architectural standards aligned with institutional goals and strategic priorities.
• Establish and govern enterprise architecture frameworks, principles, policies, standards, and review processes to promote consistency, interoperability, security, and scalability across the technology portfolio.
• Manage the enterprise architecture budget and advise on enterprise technology investments.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, enterprise platforms, cloud services, and digital transformation opportunities; provide strategic recommendations to executive leadership and governance committees.
• Provide architectural oversight for enterprise technology initiatives by reviewing solution designs and ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, target architectures, and business objectives.
• Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt, eliminate redundant technologies, improve operational efficiency, and mitigate technology, cybersecurity, and compliance risks.
• Lead major incident response, escalation management, and operational resilience; oversee on-call readiness and coverage for critical off-hours support and partner on post-incident reviews, root cause analysis, and problem management.
• Collaborate with business leaders, cybersecurity teams, solution architects, infrastructure teams, and application teams to drive enterprise-wide alignment, support architecture governance, and guide technology decisions.
• Assist the Information Technology Policy Administrator with UMGC technology policy development and refinement.

Benefits

• 22 days of paid vacation, 15 days of sick leave, 3 personal days, and 16 paid holidays (17 during general election years); part-time rates are prorated.
• Health care, medical with vision, dental, and prescription plans for individuals and families, effective the first of the month following hire.
• Term life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and long-term disability insurance; part-time employees working less than 0.5 FTE are not eligible for LTD.
• Flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care expenses.
• Retirement plan choice between the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) and the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (MSRPS); the university does not provide matching funds.
• Supplemental retirement plans including 401(k), 403(b), 457(b), and various Roth options.
• Tuition remission immediately available for regular exempt staff; spouses and dependent children become eligible for undergraduate tuition remission after two years of service. Part-time employees working at least 50 percent of the time receive prorated benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior